French telecom giant Alcatel will invest up to Euro 500 million ($600 million) in India over the next four years and take headcount at its research and development facilities here to 2,000.
Manmohan Singh and almost all his Cabinet colleagues were among those who drove to her 10, Janpath residence in New Delhi to wish her.
Anil Ambani on Wednesday met Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Home Minister Shivraj Patil presumably to brief them about the settlement of Reliance empire with the elder scion of the Ambani family, Mukesh.
The bookings for this three-day offer commences from Monday with a travel validity period between January 16 and October 24 next year, SpiceJet said.
The government on Wednesday said that a consortium of overseas Indians is expected to take a final decision on whether to set up a semiconductor chip manufacturing facility in India or not by the end of this year.
France has assured India that it would look into the problems being faced by Indian IT professionals in getting visas and work permits.
Heralding a new era of low-cost computing with full functionality, IT company HCL Infosystem in partnership with Microsoft and microprocessor company AMD on Thursday launched a sub-Rs 10,000 computer.
A day after a senior leader submitted his resignation from the Dravida Munetra Kazhagam demanding that M K Stalin be declared the chief ministerial candidate for the 2016 assembly polls, the M Karunanidhi-led party on Thursday accused him of indiscipline and suspended him from all posts.
In the first ever indication of a possible merger of two public sector telecom companies, MTNL and BSNL, the government on Thursday said it was appointing advisors for synergising their operations.
Ajay Singh will team up with two blue-chip investors to bail out the airline
'India was 10 years old when Guru Dutt made Pyaasa, but even at that young age, its poets -- including the film's lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi -- appeared disappointed with the direction the country was taking.'
In a major announcement for domestic long distance (STD) operators, the government on Friday reduced the performance bank guarantee deposit by 50 per cent to Rs 50 crore (Rs 500 million).
The entire lot of 1,84,000 multi-access radio relay phones connecting rural areas in the country would be replaced within the next 18 months as they have been found to be "faulty", Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
The department of telecom will issue guidelines on raising the foreign direct investment limit to 74 per cent from 49 per cent next week.
Union Communications and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran on Monday asked the BSNL workforce to try to be more customer friendly so that it could increase its share of the telecom market.
Expressing concern over decline in the share of public sector companies BSNL and MTNL in overall telephones during the last five years, the government on Friday asked them to plan for an additional 100-150 million lines over the next three years.
The applications of Star-Tata joint venture and Kalanidhi Maran's Sun TV to start direct-to-home broadcast services in the country have been cleared by the government.
The state-owned MTNL on Wednesday announced expansion of its GSM cellular capacity by an additional four lakh lines each in Delhi and Mumbai, from the current 2.25 lakh lines each in the two metros.
Gonzalo Higuain burst into life by scoring a hat-trick in the final half hour, his first league goals of the season, to help Rafael Benitez's erratic Napoli thrash Verona 6-2 in Serie A on Sunday.
The total number of telephone connections in India now stands at 10.02 crore.
The government on Wednesday said it has begun the process of scrutinising the names for appointment of advisors to synergise operations of the telecom PSUs -- BSNL and MTNL.
Software exports from Bangalore, India's IT hub, has jumped by 35 per cent to Rs 22,000 crore (Rs 220 billion) in 2004-05
Few top honchos of India Inc did very well in 2014.
India's IT and ITeS exports are poised to touch the $50 billion mark by the year 2008, IT and Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran said on Thursday.
Deal to help RCom reduce debt, Sun gain subscribers in new markets
However, the tilting factor still remains: Can the rivalling 'Modi brand' of 'soft Hindutva' and 'hard-sell nationalism' garner more votes for the NDA in Tamil Nadu, asks N Sathiya Moorthy.
The government is considering buying back shares of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd from the market as one of the options to pave the way for its merger with Bharat Sanchar Nigam, which is not listed on the bourses.
The oath taking took place as the House witnessed a virtual slogan-shouting contest between treasury and opposition benches.
Signalling an imminent change in SpiceJet's ownership, potential investors including co-founder Ajay Singh and US-based JPMorgan have begun discussions with markets regulator Sebi over their investment plan for the cash-strapped airline.
The IT industry is expected to contribute 30 per cent of all foreign exchange flows into the country by 2008, Minister for IT and Communications, Dayanidhi Maran said.
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate on Monday commenced the process of recording the statement of Dayalu Ammal, wife of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam supremo M Karunanidhi, in the 2G Spectrum case.
Crisis-hit SpiceJet hopedul of a turnaround.
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